Tight-Knit Community. Unparalleled Location. Impressive Outcomes.
UWM’s College of Engineering & Applied Science leverages top research university credentials with Wisconsin’s career-building location and brings together a close-knit, supportive community of engineering and computer science students and faculty. Strong industry partnerships, dynamic research opportunities and a rich and rigorous academic foundation are a few of the reasons our students are sought out in their fields.
Empowering Faculty and StaffWhy Choose the College of Engineering & Applied Science?
Everything at UWM felt so tailored to my personal and educational success and the campus felt like a second home.
—Ameralys, Materials Science and Engineering major
88% of our graduates launch their careers or continue their education within six months of graduation.*
Whether a summer internship or co-op during the academic year or undergraduate research with top faculty, hands-on, career-building experiences outside of the classroom assure our engineering and computer science students are well prepared when they graduate. Our dedicated career services department and two engineering and computer science-related career fairs a year help facilitate great outcomes.
*2023-2024 First Destination Survey Graduate Outcomes survey for the College of Engineering & Applied Science (undergraduate and graduate).
Engineering and Computer Science Programs That Stand Out
Microsoft CEO and UWM Alum Satya Nadella and His Wife Anu Donated $2M to UWM to Support Tech Education
Microsoft Chairman and CEO Satya Nadella (’90 MS Computer Science) and his wife Anu donated $2 million to the University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee in June 2021 to create the Nadella Scholarship in Tech Education. A select number of full-ride scholarships are available annually to incoming freshmen who graduate from a public or private high school in the city of Milwaukee.
(Homepage photo: Associate Dean Emerit Ethan Munson, Satya Nadella and Dean Brett Peters)
—Emily, Materials Science and Engineering major
$78,000 average starting salary.*
Our students are in demand. With two engineering and computer science-focused career fairs per semester, a career services team dedicated to your success, and unbeatable location in the epicenter of Wisconsin industry, your options are excellent at UWM!
*2021-2022; 2022-2023 First Destination Survey Graduate Outcomes survey for the College of Engineering & Applied Science (undergraduate and graduate).
According to the Federal Reserve Bank of New York, Engineering, Math and Computers are the top majors for return on investment, with an average annual return on investment of 18%.
With seven departments and 13 in-demand majors, your options are excellent at UWM’s College of Engineering & Applied Science.
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Discover many of the one-of-a-kind spaces and technologies that you’d expect at Southeast Wisconsin’s only R1 Research University, just five minutes from Lake Michigan and 10 minutes from downtown.
News
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- IPIT researchers, including students, present a bevy of papers at national conferenceResearchers and students in the college's Institute for Physical Infrastructure & Transportation (IPIT) presented more than a dozen papers at the 2026 TRB Annual Meeting …
- Niu featured on Spectrum News showing how AI helps improve rechargeable batteriesJunjie Niu, professor, industrial & manufacturing engineering, recently showed Spectrum News Milwaukee how elements from the periodic table are combined to improve the performance of …
- Rockwell Automation makes a new gift of $1 million to the Connected Systems InstituteRockwell Automation is renewing its founding partnership with UWM’s Connected Systems Institute (CSI) with a new $1 million, five-year commitment, bringing its total investment to …
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